weekly information nov. 14, 2011
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First grade at the International School at Mesa del SolTRANSCRIPT
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We worked on our por,olios picking our
best work and reflec6ng about it!
Self portraits came out amazing!
Our latest ac6vi6es….
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A por&olio tells one person’s story….
...this is why they are important and this is what keeps them current….
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Making a line plot…. ..working on a tally chart about
number of siblings….
…..students learned how to show results of a survey using a
line plot.
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Playing “Two-‐fisted penny addi6on”….
Children recorded complements of
numbers from 5 to 9 as a means of developing readiness for addi6on and subtrac6on facts, and understanding the commuta6ve property
of addi6on.
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Reading “TIME for kids” …. This division magazine of TIME is specially published for children and wriPen by young reporters.
It contains some na6onal news, a “cartoon of the week” and a
variety of ar6cles concerning
popular culture.
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“Exploring dot pa9erns on dominoes”
Students played “domino top-‐it”.
They took turns finding the total number of dots and deciding who the winner was.
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Children learned how to es6mate sums using dominoes.
On their journals they used
diagrams: parts and total, to find the total number
of dots on dominoes.
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Units self-‐assessment…
Students reflected upon their unit work and how they can improve it. Self-‐assessment encourages them to think about their learning and
design strategies to reach our goals.
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“Two-‐fisted penny addi6on”
Children recorded complements of numbers from 5 to 9…
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Exploring personal “foot” and standard foot.
Children compared their personal foot length measuring different things in our classroom.
Developing their measuring skills…
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Measuring with a measuring tape…
Students measured around and across things…
They talked about the advantages and disadvantages of measuring tapes
compared to rulers, yard s6cks, and meter s6cks.
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Building structures with base 10 blocks…
Exploring shapes on the Geoboard..
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We began our 3rd unit of inquiry: How do we express ourselves. Our central idea is : People explain belief systems through stories. We began learning about fables and read: The crow and the pitcher.
If you have any ideas for our unit, would like to par6cipate in a storytelling session or specific workshop, please let me know!